Will Homosexuals Ever Be Able to Wed?

Will homosexuals ever be able to wed?

The debate of gay marriage is very complex, due to the many different feelings people

express on the topic. One opinion is that gay marriage should be legalized nationally. Others

feel that gay marriage should not be legalized but civil unions should be granted to

homosexuals so they have another choice that allows gays and lesbians to receive something

that compares to the same rights as marriage. On the other hand there is a large group that

believes neither gay marriage nor civil unions should be offered to gay and lesbian couples

and that any legal union should be available to heterosexual couples only. The different

opinions that are expressed by society's attitudes towards gay marriage continue to cause

great controversy throughout the country, and should come to a halt by allowing homosexuals

to wed.

The true meaning of marriage is sharing vows between two people to bind their feelings

toward each other forever. Many say that this rule should be shared between a man and a

woman and if it is opened to homosexuals this will take away from the importance of

marriage. According to Robert Cummings, a writer for the Flint Journal, states, "Gay marriage is

a mockery of a marriage between a man and a woman" (Cummings). A large amount of society

feels that if gay people are married the rule of marriage will become corrupt and will no longer

be as important as it currently is. If marriage is such an important law between a man and a

woman that will be corrupted by gay people, than why are men and women getting divorced

each day as if marriage means nothing? Straight people take advantage of the privilege they

have to wed, while gay couples have to suffer because they are not considered "normal".

Everyone is so fixed on the point that if they allow homosexuals to marry there will be an

increase in the divorce rate, yet, no one has any real proof of this actually happening.

Some might disagree, for example people's religion. There's a little thing called

separation of church and state. The only reason, I believe, gays are being denied the right to

marriage is because of some people's religious beliefs.